Hokage: Unable to persuade Madara, I chose to build my own ninja village.

Chapter 72 Tobirama Senju, that clumsy plagiarist, has begun his low-grade imitation!

Tobirama Senju read the short story several times before reluctantly putting down "The New Ninja." He then murmured meaningfully, "Well done! This short story is truly excellent! I never imagined that Makoto Uchiha, that naturally evil brat, could possess such insight. Knowledge is power!"

"If such a good policy continues, the overall quality of Akatsuki ninjas will inevitably far surpass that of Konoha ninjas!"

"Terrible, absolutely terrifying!"

It turns out.

There is no scam in this world that cannot fool people; it's just that you haven't encountered a scam that suits you yet. Even someone as shrewd as Tobirama Senju was "brainwashed" by the content of this short essay.

Moreover, the short stories in "New Ninja" always promote positive energy and are extremely deceptive. In the ninja era, before the information bombardment, they were simply a powerful tool to seduce people!

As a master of scientific research, Tobirama Senju deeply understood the importance of education.

Students at ninja academies must cultivate a spirit of inquiry from a young age so that they can tirelessly develop various ninjutsu just like themselves. How can they keep relying on the work of their predecessors?

Later generations are not as good as their predecessors.

Konoha will decline sooner or later!

This involves Konoha's century-long plan!

"Although the book 'New Ninja' is somewhat eccentric, it is not without its merits. For example, the profound meaning of this short story is quite lofty, and even I need to learn from it."

"What my brother said makes some sense."

"Konoha does indeed need to learn from Akatsuki's advanced experience in certain aspects."

Senju Tobirama thought to himself.

He has now temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​implementing control measures on "New Ninja".

but

Then Tobirama Senju became somewhat embarrassed and angry.

"Why didn't I come up with such a great policy?"

"We can always find the funding ourselves. No matter how tough things get, we can't let our children suffer; no matter how poor we are, we can't neglect education."

Tobirama Senju had an extremely simple educational philosophy. When it came to the funding of the ninja village, he always adhered to the principle of saving money wherever possible and spending it wisely. However, he was quite willing to spend money when it came to training the next generation of ninjas.

This blade alone is worth the money!

However, Tobirama Senju regretted not having thought of such a good policy before Makoto Uchiha. Now, there were already some rumors about Tobirama Senju in the village, and people privately called him a "plagiarist".

"If I were to follow Makoto Uchiha's policy now, wouldn't that just confirm that I'm a plagiarist?"

"Ugh, so annoying!!"

Tobirama Senju was caught in a dilemma.

He was caught in a dilemma.

He genuinely thought the policy was good. Even if the funding issue was reduced, Tobirama Senju believed the village could barely manage. However, the thought of actually copying Makoto Uchiha's good policy made him feel as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a piece of dog shit.

Just as Tobirama Senju was struggling with this dilemma.

"Lord Tobirama, Akatsuki has sent ninjas to visit Konoha."

"Hmm? Akatsuki Village? What do they want? Bring in the Akatsuki Village envoy."

As Tobirama Senju said this, there was no smile on his face. Although Konoha and Akatsuki were nominal allies, in reality, they were just superficial allies.

He had been waiting for an opportunity to quietly and without leaving a trace give the Akatsuki a chance to take advantage of their misfortune. That damned ninja village had swallowed up five billion yen of Konoha's funds!

That's Konoha's money!!!

A few minutes later.

The envoy from Akatsuki Village arrived before Tobirama Senju.

"Lord Tobirama, Lord Hidden Shadow will soon be marrying Shizuku Uzumaki, a member of the Uzumaki clan. Furthermore, Akatsuki Village has officially formed a blood alliance with the Uzumaki clan. Therefore, Lord Hidden Shadow specifically sent me to inform Konoha Village."

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For a moment, Tobirama Senju doubted whether he had misheard.

In his view.

While it's regrettable that the Uzumaki clan didn't join Konoha, the relationship between Konoha and the Uzumaki clan is incredibly friendly. They don't even need to sign any alliance agreements. To put it simply, the two villages are so close that they can share a condom.

How come a third party has appeared now?

Is it not enough for Konoha to protect your Uzumaki clan with such a great treasure as Hashirama Senju?

Why does your Uzumaki clan need to get involved with the Akatsuki village?

betray!

This is blatant betrayal!

An indescribable feeling filled Tobirama Senju's heart. He now understood a little about how his sister-in-law, Mito Uzumaki, felt every day at home. Damn Uchiha!

"I see."

"Konoha will send someone to participate."

Tobirama Senju steadied himself and spoke with great difficulty.

His tone sounded exactly like that of an incompetent husband.

"Why is Konoha so low-lying?!"

"The Uzumaki clan can ally with whomever they want; that's our freedom!"

The Uzumaki clan's desire to form an alliance with Akatsuki through marriage is entirely their prerogative, and even Konoha, as their blood ally, has no right to interfere.

So Konoha is truly helpless about this matter.

Now they can only watch helplessly as the Uzumaki clan and Akatsuki entangle themselves, and even have to smile and attend their wedding ceremony after a while. Konoha is also obligated to send someone there.

After all, Konoha is a blood ally of the Uzumaki clan, and it still needs to maintain a basic level of dignity.

If things get too ugly, outsiders will only think that Konoha is unreasonable, and then they will stand on the moral high ground and start pointing fingers at Konoha.

However, Tobirama Senju definitely didn't want to go. Just thinking about Makoto Uchiha's smug smile back then gave Tobirama Senju an urge to directly unleash his signature move, the Flying Thunder God Slash, on Makoto Uchiha!

The Akatsuki envoy, having completed his mission, quickly departed.

"I don't want to go."

"That brainless guy, Big Brother, probably doesn't realize the significance behind this. He'll probably happily attend the wedding held in Akatsuki Village, but Big Brother just went out on a mission, carrying out several S-rank missions at once, so he definitely won't be able to attend."

Tobirama Senju pondered the selection of attendees for Makoto Uchiha's wedding. As the invited party, Konoha was not only a nominal ally of Akatsuki but also a blood ally of the Uzumaki clan. It was absolutely impossible for them to send just any marginal figure to the wedding. It had to be a high-ranking member of Konoha with a sufficiently high status; otherwise, people would gossip.

After thinking it over and over...

In the end, Tobirama Senju decided to let his sister-in-law, Mito Uzumaki, take the blame. As the "official" Hokage's wife of Konoha, having her attend Makoto Uchiha's wedding was definitely enough to give that evil brat Makoto face.

Moreover, since my sister-in-law is a member of the Uzumaki clan, I can take this opportunity to find out the reason for the Uzumaki clan's "cheating".

Even if Konoha had her sister-in-law speak up, it wouldn't feel awkward.

It's the best of both worlds.

Tobirama Senju quickly made up his mind, and then he looked at the "New Ninja" on the table in front of him, and his mood became even more gloomy.

Such a good policy was actually thought up by that bastard Makoto Uchiha.

And it happens to be beneficial to Konoha.

"So be it, you plagiarist."

"However, it still needs to be modified slightly, not too obviously. Change 1790 taels to 790 taels."

Tobirama Senju decided to sacrifice his own reputation for the sake of Konoha, so he copied this policy and made some slight modifications, changing 1790 ryo to 790 ryo.

As for why this change was made?

That's because Konoha doesn't have enough funds, so they can only make a degraded version for now.

Two weeks later.

Light and Shadow Office.

Uchiha Makoto lightly tapped his desk, waiting for a reply from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. During this time, the Daimyo had been writing to Uchiha Makoto almost every day to discuss the salt monopoly.

Although the Fire Country Daimyo portrayed everything as going smoothly in his letter, Uchiha Makoto could still sense the pressure the Fire Country Daimyo had been under these days from the content of his reply. Some of the nobles of the Fire Country were not only stupid but also very greedy, completely unaware of the meaning of "death." Therefore, Uchiha Makoto repeatedly and considerately asked the Fire Country Daimyo if he needed to solve some troubles for him.

However, the daimyo of the Land of Fire always resolutely refused.

He preferred to spend more time and effort exchanging benefits with those nobles rather than letting the Akatsuki village continue to interfere. These sordid disputes among the nobles were just normal internal conflicts, but once the ninjas got involved, the situation would be very different.

Even though the blame had been placed on him, the daimyo of the Land of Fire was still trying his best to salvage the situation.

They only used the Akatsuki Village as a verbal threat.

Only as a last resort.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire will not allow the Akatsuki to interfere.

Not long after.

Uchiha Makoto received the letter from the daimyo, and immediately opened the envelope and read it from beginning to end. As he read, he couldn't help but smile, and finally even started laughing maniacally.

"Hahaha!!"

"It's done!!"

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Akatsuki Village put in a lot of effort to make this happen. The Daimyo worked hard to persuade many people, and the Akatsuki Village had previously made some people simply disappear. The salt market, which was originally in complete chaos, was finally monopolized once again. Apart from those parasites and layers of exploitation, the profits of salt finally became apparent again!

Akatsuki took 35% of the profits!

The profit for this month alone is at least four billion taels.

Every month!

It's the kind that's endless!

Making money at a speed comparable to printing money!

Even if the ninjas under the Akatsuki Village worked themselves to the bone and did overtime to complete missions, the Akatsuki Village could never earn that much money by taking a cut!

"No wonder that in ancient times, salt was a state monopoly, and anyone who sold smuggled salt was sentenced to death. Yet, the smuggling of salt was still rampant, with wave after wave of people risking their lives. What's the difference between that and the profits from selling face powder? And those salt merchants in the south were said to be richer than a country, so extravagant that they liked to keep a herd of skinny horses for their amusement."

After a burst of wild laughter, Uchiha Makoto sat down in his chair and sighed repeatedly.

Not only did Akatsuki Village make a fortune this time, but even the bigwigs who had been complaining before chose to shut up and started singing praises to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Previously, all sorts of corrupt officials in the Land of Fire would stir a spoonful into the pot of salt porridge. Now, all of them have disappeared, leaving only the top echelons of the Land of Fire to drink the porridge. As a result, the nobles of the Land of Fire are earning more money than before.

So when the Fire Country Daimyo wrote this, he must have been in a very good mood. From the flowing handwriting, Uchiha Makoto could tell that his efforts over the past few days had not been in vain. Although the process was a bit messed up, the result was good. Those nobles of the Fire Country would have to thank the Fire Country Daimyo in private.

Moreover, considering the indispensability of salt in daily life, the price of salt will definitely not remain as low as it is now, and the price will certainly rise in the future.

As for how much it will rise?

Uchiha Makoto didn't think those insects from the Land of Fire were that kind-hearted.

Although the Akatsuki Village could earn more money after the price increase, Uchiha Makoto still decided to apply the brakes at a crucial moment. Making money was important, but at least the cattle and horses had to be able to afford salt. However, the price still had to go up!

Now that there is a steady stream of funding, Akatsuki can freely squander the 90 billion yen saved from the two provinces. The short stories in "New Ninja" are not written for nothing. Although the content is a bit abstract, as long as they are implemented properly, they can indeed improve the strength of a ninja village and the overall quality of ninjas.

The biggest problem

It's really just a matter of funding.

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they are well-fed and clothed, they know honor and shame!

We need to find ways to distribute the money, attract investment, attract more people and workers, provide more jobs, increase the GDP of Ren Village, and raise the living standards of the villagers.

The moon over Akatsuki Village will always be the roundest in the entire ninja world.

Akatsuki has been established for over a year, while Konoha was established much earlier. According to Konoha's calendar, it is now Konoha Year 2. Akatsuki's future is full of vitality and everything is thriving. Lord Madara, for the sake of Akatsuki, hurry up and use Susanoo on Hashirama Senju!

Uchiha Makoto reviewed his plan and found nothing wrong with it, then continued reading the remaining letters in his hand.

The second half of the letter concerns Makoto Uchiha's wedding.

In the previous letter.

Makoto Uchiha has already told the Daimyo of the Land of Fire about his connection with Shizuku Uzumaki.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire gladly accepted Uchiha Makoto's invitation.

He planned to come to Akatsuki Village in person as the officiant, but the Fire Country Daimyo still felt somewhat regretful.

He hesitated for a few months, and now Makoto Uchiha's wife, the wife of Lord Kage, has already been reserved.

In the ninja world, it has always been a matter of matching social status with social status, with the rich marrying the poor and the poor marrying the rich.

Uchiha Makoto comes from a powerful family with a strong bloodline. Naturally, no one thought it was inappropriate for the Fire Country Daimyo to marry his daughter to Uchiha Makoto. However, the Uzumaki clan has now taken the lead and made their daughter a concubine. The Fire Country Daimyo cannot afford to lose face like this.

However, what's done is done.

The daimyo of the Land of Fire had no choice but to accept this reality.

(End of this chapter)